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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,336, dated June 13,1882.

Application filed September 7, 1881. (Model.) l

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, DEXTER M. SMALL, a resident of Providence, State ofRhode Island, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Thill-Lugs,my object being greater simplicity and consequent cheapness ot'construction, while improving the appearance thereof'.

Figure l represents a perpendicular section of the buckle; Fig. 2, aperspective view of the body ol' the lug; Fig. 3, a front View of thelug complete.

As will be seen, my lug is composed of only two distinct pieces-Viz.,the body ot' the lug and the buckle-each of which is so constructed thatit can be readily cast whole without the use of cores,and is completewhen cast, so that they t together without any further labor.

The buckle is constructed with a short iinmovable tongue, A, so ariangedas to pass through one ofthe holes in the back-band, the upper and lowercross-bars ot' the buckle preventing it from getting off the tongue, thelower bar ofthe buckle also taking the place of a loop on the lug. Belowthe bar B G, from which the tongue projects, there are two short arms, Dand E, which connect the buckle and the lug, one of which is representedin Fig. l, and both of which are indicated bydotted lines 3o in Fig. 3.

The body of the lug is cut away from near the top, leaving a shoulder, KK, both for sake of appearance and to sustain the buckle, which isshipped into position from below, Where it is narrower..

In place of the immovable tongue A, attached to the bar B C, animmovable tongue, F, G, or H, could be used, attached respectively tothe under side of the upper or lower cross-bars of the buckle, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, or to the body of the lug, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the back-band being held inposition by the cross-bars of the buckle, as before.

I claim as my invention- 1. A thill-lug composed of a loop for theshaft, and a buckle connected therewith by the short lugs D and E, theshaft-loop being cut away at some portion to permit of their beingshipped into safe connection, substantially as described.

2. A thill-lug composed of a loop for the shaft, a buckle connectedtherewith by the short lugs D and E, and a short immovable tongue forsecuring the back-band, all substantial] y as described.

DEXTER M. SMALL.

Witnesses:

HENRY R. CHAnsEY, J AMES M. SMITH.

